20 Questions
Prepared for Heritage Sunday
May 22, 2022
These are from a document originally prepared for Bethel's 2001 Homecoming
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The above list of questions is in approximate historical chronological sequence. Click here for a list of questions in the same order as in the original 2001 list.
- What does the word “Bethel” mean?
- What was the significance of “Bethel” in the Old Testament?
- Where, and under what circumstances, did Bethel Church have its beginning?
- What has been called “the most historic piece of furniture in the Florida Conference” and why?
- When did Bethel Church settle at its current location?
- What is the oldest date on a marker in Bethel Cemetery?
- How long has the current pulpit been used at Bethel Church?
- When was the current church building constructed?
- What minister served Bethel Church for the longest period of time? What is unusual about his ministry?
- When did Bethel Church celebrate its Centennial?
- What is the “Youth Building”?
- What is the “Bishop’s Chair” and what happens when you move it?
- What minister stood on a box behind the pulpit while preaching?
- For how many years has Bethel’s bell announced meetings at the church?
- Who built the current Fellowship Hall? When? Who presided at its dedication?
- What minister used a vertical extension on the pulpit while preaching?
- When was the last time Bethel’s pulpit was used outside this church and what was the occasion?
- How many are currently on Bethel’s membership list? What was Bethel’s largest membership, and when?
- Does Bethel Pond have a bottom?
- How many angels can sit on Bethel’s pulpit?